Multilingual Pathways: Acquisition, Pedagogy, and Policy Beyond Additional Language Learning

Brings together scholars, educators, and policymakers to critically explore multilingualism as a dynamic, lived reality rather than a linear process of acquiring “additional” languages.

The conference invites discussions that move beyond monolingual and additive paradigms to examine how languages are acquired, taught, and governed in complex social, cultural, and political contexts. Key themes include multilingual acquisition across the lifespan, innovative and inclusive pedagogies, translanguaging practices, language ideologies, and policies that shape educational and societal multilingualism.

By foregrounding diverse linguistic repertoires, local knowledge, and global challenges, the conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and bridge research, classroom practice, and policy-making. Participants are encouraged to share empirical studies, theoretical insights, and practical innovations that reimagine multilingual education as equitable, transformative, and responsive to contemporary realities in increasingly mobile and super-diverse societies.

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